Company Analysis

Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS)

Nasdaq: SNPS · Services-Prepackaged Software · Sunnyvale, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.6
◀ Past 6.4● Present 5.2▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Synopsys, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past6.425% of the headline
● Present5.235% of the headline
▶ Future5.440% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.7 billion in fiscal 2017 to $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.6%bottom 34% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.9% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, Synopsys, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (11 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-16 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Synopsys, Inc. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 11 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 40% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 20% of 218 in its family; net margin 18.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 18.9% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of 15.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.05Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin18.9%top 16% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.2%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ghazi, Sassine (PRESIDENT AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-27, 2.7 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.9 years (bottom 26%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 41%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 41% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.9 yearsbottom 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.9 billion against debt of $13 billion leaves -21.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.1% of revenue (top 39%); a gross margin of 77% (top 31%); research spending of 35.1% of revenue (top 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.9%bottom 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.1%top 39% of its family
  • gross margin77.0%top 31% of its family
  • research spending against revenue35.1%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 30% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.2% a year over the last three filed years against 12.6% over all 9, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew 15.1% (top 42%); research spending grew 16% a year (top 26%); capital spending grew 7.4% a year (top 41%) (its annual reports). Synopsys, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Design Automation at $5.3 billion (75%), Design IP at $1.8 billion (25%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.6 points a yeartop 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.1%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending16.0%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending7.4%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 30% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Synopsys, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.1% below the $7.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 48% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.5 billion (bottom 24%); a net margin of 18.9% against 27.1% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.1%top 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-11%bottom 24% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-8.2 pointsbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SNPS · research, not advice